Program Overview

What is Systems Engineering Analysis?

Systems Engineering applies the engineering thought process to the design and development of large, complex systems. Systems engineers analyze the need for a system, determine its operational concept, develop functional requirements, produce the system architecture, allocate the requirements among sub-systems, manage the design of the sub-systems, assure that the final design is integrated, assess any trade-offs made, and then implement and test the solution. 

Systems Analysis provides key insights for improved operation of existing complex defense systems; it examines existing systems to better understand them. This understanding is then used to determine and choose among alternatives for system design, improvement and employment. Systems analysts apply modeling, optimization, simulation, and decision making under risk and uncertainty.

Points of Contact

Jeffrey E. Kline, CAPT US Navy Ret.
SEA Chair
jekline@nps.edu
(831) 656-7946

Mark Stevens
Academic Associate
Senior Lecturer
mstevens@nps.edu
(831) 656-7545

CDR Caleb MacDonald
Program Officer
caleb.macdonald@nps.edu
(831) 656-2033